2 Al-Shabaab terrorists blown up in pieces while planting bomb on road in Garissa
Two Al-Shabaab terrorists were blown up in pieces when a bomb they were setting up exploded on them in the Amuma area of Garissa county. Police said border patrol officers from a nearby police camp visited the scene along Amuma-Ruqa Road and confirmed the early Tuesday morning October 3, 2023, incident. Police added that multiple […]
2 terror suspects from Tanzania arrested in Kenya while heading to Somalia
Detectives in Kenya have arrested two terror suspects who were travelling from Tanzania to Somalia to join the al-Shabaab militia group. The two, 30-year-old Sadam Jafari Kitia and 25-year-old Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili, were arrested in Moyale after they lost their way to Somalia. “They were using a notebook scribbled in Swahili to guide their movement […]
‘Wathubutu tena!’ – IG Koome warns al-Shabaab as he visits Lamu
The Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome held a security meeting in Lamu on Friday, June 30, 2023, to assure residents of maximum security following the recent al-Shabaab attacks. Koome assured the residents of Lamu that no one “is going to chase them away from their homes”. Speaking during a public gathering meeting at Juhudi […]
Gov’t intelligence is being leaked to Al-Shabaab – Analyst
Political analyst and columnist Arnol Maliba insists it is high time Kenyans start asking questions about who is sharing intelligence with the Al-Shabaab terrorist. Speaking at a local television station, Maliba claimed that the numerous and frequent attacks that are mostly happening to army and police officers, especially on the road, were a result of […]
Al-Shabaab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia, says Museveni
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers in an al-Shabaab attack on a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Museveni’s statement on Saturday comes a week after al-Shabaab fighters stormed the base in Bulamarer, 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The armed group claimed it […]
2 Italian nationals held captive by suspected Al-Shabaab militants rescued
Two Italian nationals have been rescued following an Al-Shabaab militia kidnapping in Witu, Lamu County. The two women were among four people who were being held hostage by the militants inside Witu forest during the 4 am Thursday morning incident. They were being held inside a car at Witu forest before a multi-agency team rescued […]
Mandera: Al-Shabaab militants hijack ambulance ferrying patient to hospital
Al-Shabaab militants attacked an ambulance that was racing a patient to a hospital in Elwak, Mandera County on Tuesday evening November 1, 2022. Police say four people were in the ambulance at the time of the attack. The four included two paramedics based at Lafey Sub-County hospital, a patient, and the driver of the ambulance […]